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March Leadership
Application Clinic
Leadership Participants
need to complete final forms by March 8th!!!
All Spring Valley students who are
interested in applying for a leadership
position next year need to attend an
important clinic on Monday, March 22.
In addition, any student who would like to
be a leader at any time in the future is
invited to participate in this clinic as
well. Confirmation and $20
from each student interested was due on March 1st.
The $20 covers the materials for the clinic.
For those students who have
registered for the clinic, we need some very
important forms to be completed, typed, and
returned to Mr. Humber by email no later
than Monday, March 8. Links for
each form can be found below in MICROSOFT
WORD format...
For the
Final Information on the Leadership
Application Clinic, CLICK HERE...
For the 2010 Pre-Leader Selection
Information Sheet, Click Here...
For the Personal Strengths Inventory,
Click Here...
For the Drum Major Applicant
Questionnaire, Click Here...
For the Band Captain Applicant
Questionnaire, Click Here...
Pre-Festival Concert next Tuesday,
March 9!!!
We will have our
Pre-Festival Concert next week on Tuesday,
March 9 beginning at 6:00. Concert
Band students should arrive at school by
5:30 and be on stage in their seats for a
5:45 warm-up. Symphonic Band students
will need to be here by 6:00.
Concert Band will perform
first at 6:00 followed immediately by the
Symphonic Band, Summit Parkway Honor Band,
and E.L. Wright Honor Band in that order.
We look forward to seeing you
at our concert next week!!!
Charms Music Login
Charms is our new system that allows us
to track student information, instrument
inventory, booster financial records and
much more. You can see your
outstanding band fees through your Charms
login. If you need any help with your
login, please email Mr. Humber at
dhumber@richland2.org.
Please
Click Here to link to the Charms
Login Page.
Please Click Here for information and
instructions on how to log into Charms.
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Region Band and
All-State Auditions
Region Band and
All-State Band rosters have been
finalized.
Students that made the commitment to
audition, performed and
were assessed on the assigned state
solo, all scales from memory within
2 minutes, chromatic scale for the
range of their instrument
requirement, 2-sight reading
selections, and a music vocabulary
quiz.
Region Band auditions
were held at Dutch Fork H.S.
on Saturday, January 9th, and All-
State Auditions were held this past
Saturday at Lexington H.S., January
23rd.
The Region
Band students will rehearse and
perform their concerts at Nations
Ford H.S. on Friday and Saturday
February 26-27.
The All- State Band students will
rehearse and perform their concert
at Furman University on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday March 12, 13,
14.
Each clinic weekend has a Junior
Band level- 7th and 8th grade,
Clinic Band level-9th and 10th
grade, and Senior Band level-
11th and 12th grade.
Congratulations to the following
students for auditioning, and
for being selected as the top
musicians on their instruments.
ALL STATE BAND
MEMBERS:
Akari Ogawa- 1st
chair Clinic Flute
Feifei Deng- 8th
chair Clinic Flute
JJ Milakovich-1st
chair Clinic Clarinet
Han Hee Kim- 5th
alternate Clinic Clarinet
Matsuri Ogawa-1st
alternate Clinic Alto Sax
Wesley Paulman-2nd
chair Clinic Tenor Saxophone
Jonathan Lee- 7th
chair Clinic Trombone
Kenzie Rickman- 4th
chair Senior Flute
Marie Talbot- 22nd
chair Senior Clarinet
Jonathan Sanchez-3rd
chair Senior Bass Clarinet
Curtis Keisler- 3rd
alternate Senior French Horn
Harvey Jessup- 6th
chair Senior Tuba
REGION BAND MEMBERS:
Kelsey Mostert- 2nd
chair Clinic Flute
Kathryn Connell- 12
chair Clinic Flute
Amanda Grimes- 2nd
alternate Clinic Flute
Nicole Lazar- 6th
alternate Clinic Flute
Lesleigh McDaniel-
6th chair Clinic Clarinet
Han Hee Kim- 7th
chair Clinic Clarinet
Courtney Phipps- 3rd
alternate Clinic Clarinet
Kaitlin Davis-8th
alternate Clinic Clarinet
Matsuri Ogawa- 4th
chair Clinic Alto Saxophone
Michael McDonald- 4th
chair Clinic French Horn
Darren Woodland- 2nd
alternate Clinic Trombone
Brendan Ayres- 6th
chair Clinic Tuba
Kalle Davis- 3rd
chair Senior Flute
Benjy Strauss- 4th
chair Senior Bassoon
Tabitha Jeske- 16th
chair Senior Clarinet
Tranyce Spann- 18th
chair Senior Clarinet
Jaron Pettis- 5th
chair Senior Alto Sax
Kristin Smith- 3rd
alternate Senior Alto Sax
Karson Mostert- 8th
chair Senior Trumpet
Travis Byrd- 15th
chair Senior Trumpet
Curtis Keisler- 4th
chair Senior French Horn
Chase Harding- 2nd
chair Senior Euphonium
Kayla Phipps- 4th
chair Senior Euphonium
Joqthan Bezares- 2nd
alternate Senior Euphonium
Brandi Jackson- 5th
chair Senior Tuba
Congratulations to the
2008-2009 Symphonic Band
They were awarded the 2009 Grand
National Champion Award for their
performance at the All-Star Music Festival
in Orlando, FL last May.
